Chris Sale might not be a part of the Red Sox anymore, but that didn’t prevent him from honoring one of the franchise’s icons when he went up against his former team on Saturday.
The star lefty paid tribute to Luis Tiant on his first pitch in Saturday’s Braves-Red Sox spring training game. Sale mimicked Tiant’s delivery, shaking his glove down with the ball in it before getting into a twisting windup where the back of his body faced home plate before firing a pitch.
Sale’s decision to pay tribute in his start against the Red Sox came a few months after Tiant’s passing.